School seat and desk.



'A. R. MILNBR.

SCHOOL SEAT AND DESK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, 1909.

955,184. Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT R. MILNER, OF CANAL DOVER, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE A. B1. MILNERSEATING COMPANY, OF CANAL DOVER, OHIO, A CORPORATION.

SCHOOL SEAT AND DESK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT It. MILNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Canal Dover, in the county of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in School Seats andDesks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to school seats and desks, and more particularly toa combined structure of this character of simple and inexpensiveconstruction, and my object is to provide an improved seat or desk forschool and auditorium purposes, embodying a folding seat and a readilydetachable desk mounted upon a single support.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred embodimentof my invention, and form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective view of the combined device. Fig. 2 is a similar view,illustrating the seat folded and the desk portion removed. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view therethrough on the line 77 of Fig. 1, andpartly broken away, and, Fig. 4: is a detailed horizontal sectionalview, on an enlarged scale, through one of the desk connections.

As shown, I provide a circularly flanged supporting base 9, embodying anupright which is partly tubular to receive the central depending stem 8,of the casting 10, having upstanding spaced extension portions from therear thereof, which are provided with side channels as shown. Thecasting 10 forms a support for the seat 6, pivotally secured upon thebody portion thereof at 13,

'and also for the curved back rest 2, extending upwardly therefrom,against its extension piece. The desk portion comprises a horizontal top11, a base 12, connected by side castings 1, having vertical ribs 1formed upon their inner surfaces and adjacent one end thereof, and withslots 3 extending longitudinally of and through said ribs 1*. Bolts 4:threaded into openings in the extensions 5 of the main casting 10, areadapted to pass through the slots 3 of the desk side castings, toremovably clamp the desk upon the extensions 5 by the engagement of ribsSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 15, 1909.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

Serial No. 490,199.

l in the channels of said extensions as shown in Fig. 4. Thus, byloosening bolts 4, the desk may be raised or lowered, or by withdrawingthe same, the desk may be removed.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that my improved seat and desk isespecially advantageous for use in school rooms, as the desks may bereadily and easily removed to reconstruct the school room into a lectureroom or auditorium.

It will be understood that the supports 9 are to be furnished indifierent heights, for the use of different sized children.

The ribs 1 of the side castings, and the sides of channels 5 of thesupporting arms, are proportionately beveled to a rigid bindingconnection when the bolts 4 are tightened, and thus prevent the deskfrom working loose.

Having fully described my invention, I

' claim:

1. A device of the character described embodying a supporting standard,a casting mounted thereon having upstanding channeled arms, a seatpivotally mounted upon said casting to swing upwardly toward said arms,a curved back rest mounted forwardly of said arms, and a desk mountedupon and extending rearwardly from said arms and having ribs tointerlock with the channels thereof.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a supportingstandard, a casting mounted thereon, having upstanding channeled arms,the sides of the channels thereof being beveled, a seat pivotallymounted upon said casting to swing upwardly toward said arms, a curvedback rest mounted forwardly of said arms, and a desk mounted upon, andextending rearwardly from, said channeled arms, and provided withbeveled ribs to engage within the beveled channels thereof.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT R. MILNER.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. BOMMHARDT, MONROE E. MILLER.

